The True Story of Chupacabra Encounters

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Gather 'round for a real spooky tale – we're talking about the Chupacabra! Some folks swear they've come face-to-face with this legendary creature, describing it as a weird mix between a dog and a lizard with glowing eyes. Picture a scene straight out of a horror flick! But here's the twist – scientists reckon these so-called Chupacabra sightings might just be misidentified animals or good old-fashioned urban legends. Still, you can't deny the thrill of a good monster hunt! So, next time you're out in the woods, keep your eyes peeled for any strange critters lurking in the shadows – you never know what you might find!  Credit:  Chupacabra: Dick Langer, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Chupacabra_B%26W.jpg  Animation is created by Bright Side.  #brightside   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/   Listen to Bright Side on:  Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/idhttps-podcasts-apple-com-podcast-bright-side/id1554898078 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brightside/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official/ Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Snapchat - https://www.snapchat.com/p/c6a1e38a-bff1-4a40-9731-2c8234ccb19f/1866144599336960  Stock materials (photos, footages and other):  https://www.depositphotos.com  https://www.shutterstock.com  https://www.eastnews.ru  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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00:00 In 1975 in Puerto Rico, a farmer saw most of his goats lying lifeless on the ground.

00:08 He got closer and saw that the animals were stiff and had two puncture marks on their

00:12 necks.

00:14 Goats were not the only animals that were hurt.

00:17 Many pigs, cows and geese lost their lives too.

00:21 They all had the same distinctive bite marks on their necks and all had been drained of

00:25 their vital fluids.

00:27 The locals immediately jumped to conclusions and blamed dogs, and the authorities didn't

00:32 bother to do a better investigation and just said dogs had done it without looking for

00:37 any proof.

00:38 A couple of days later, though many more animals were found deceased, among them was a cow

00:44 that had literally been opened and it had a lot of scratches on its head.

00:50 The farmer next door reported that his chickens had been destroyed by something.

00:54 In just a few weeks, the creature took the lives of 90 farm animals.

00:59 After some time, another farmer said that 10 of his goats had been drained, 7 had been

01:04 hurt and 11 were missing.

01:06 This time, the authorities didn't waste any time and started the monster hunt, but

01:12 they had no luck finding the culprit.

01:14 The incident was all over the local newspaper and the beast was named the Vampire of Maca.

01:23 The incident caught the attention of the Agricultural Commission, and scientist Juan Rivera was

01:28 tasked to solve this otherworldly mystery.

01:32 His first suspect was a Puerto Rican boa.

01:34 This non-venomous snake can grow to be a little over 6 feet.

01:38 Still, its diet consists of only small prey.

01:42 It's also very shy of humans and other animals.

01:45 It avoids bigger creatures at all costs.

01:47 You're more likely to see fish climbing trees than this boa taking down a whole cow.

01:53 Near the crime scene, a large cave was discovered, and we all know that weird creatures like

01:58 living in dark, cold caves.

02:00 In the cave, they found some crazy-looking bats.

02:04 As we've seen in movies, bats can turn into vampires, so they must be the culprit!

02:09 But no, bats were as innocent as they could be.

02:13 Their favorite food wasn't cows or goats, it was figs.

02:17 They were peaceful, fruit-eating bats that didn't care about animals.

02:20 Again, the researcher hit a wall.

02:26 Suddenly all the terror stopped in July 1975.

02:30 It seemed like the creature had vanished into thin air, but not for long.

02:35 Two decades later, 62 miles from the previous site, more animals were found.

02:41 A local vet examined them.

02:43 He was terrified to discover that every animal had two precisely cut holes like he had never

02:48 seen before.

02:49 The animals were anemic and looked like they'd passed away recently.

02:53 By the looks of it, the creature's favorite food was goats and that's how it got the

02:57 infamous name we all heard of, chupacabra, which means "the goat sucker".

03:03 Dogs, chickens, rabbits, and other animals were not off the menu.

03:07 In short time, the chupacabra took a thousand farm animals.

03:14 Now this animal had a name, but people still had zero idea about what the chupacabra looked

03:19 like, which was terrifying.

03:22 In Canovanas, Madeline and her mother reported seeing a weird creature that could have been

03:27 the chupacabra.

03:28 They said it had been walking on two legs like a human and resembled a kangaroo.

03:34 They mentioned that the monster also had spikes on the back, no ears, large dark eyes, and

03:39 two holes for a nose.

03:41 It had two arms with three fingers.

03:44 The chupacabra seemed to like Madeline's house because her husband and his co-worker

03:49 found it in the garage.

03:51 They tried to capture it but didn't succeed.

03:54 Madeline later drew a detailed sketch of it.

03:57 Many people saw the sketch and reported seeing a similar creature.

04:01 They claimed it had strong legs and wings and smelled like sulfur.

04:06 Take all these descriptions with a grain of salt.

04:08 If they'd been true, they would have been all over the news.

04:11 But still, keep in mind these descriptions.

04:14 They will be important later in the story.

04:19 In 1976 on some talk show, they talked about the chupacabra, and the show quickly went

04:24 viral.

04:25 Soon, people started reporting having seen a similar creature in Florida and Mexico.

04:31 Many said that the stories were like a unicorn rodeo.

04:34 They were totally made up.

04:36 In Mexico, two skeptical inquiries, Patricia and Mario, laid traps around those farms where

04:41 the chupacabra had allegedly been seen.

04:44 They caught some animals in their traps, but no sign of the goat sucker.

04:48 They only captured wild dogs.

04:51 The police stated that the chupacabra was just a wild dog, not a mythical creature.

04:56 And still, in the next five years, there were numerous sightings of the chupacabra worldwide.

05:05 On the 13th of August of the year 2000, a farmer from Nicaragua found 25 of his sheep

05:10 and 35 of his neighbor's sheep hurt.

05:13 So he decided to take the matter into his own hands.

05:17 One night, he was patiently waiting in the pitch black night for the creature to appear.

05:22 Suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he saw something and managed to hit it.

05:27 The creature passed away.

05:28 Finally, they had proof that the chupacabra was not just a fairy tale.

05:33 It was a big thing!

05:35 Later, the chupacabra was examined by a vet.

05:39 The vet was shocked because he had no idea what the creature was.

05:43 Remember Madeline's description?

05:45 Well, the vet described the animal differently, but his story turned out to be more plausible.

05:51 This chupacabra had large teeth, giant claws, greenish eyes, bat-like skin, and a crest

05:57 sticking out of its back.

05:59 The vet concluded that the animal was some kind of hybrid.

06:03 They thought it was a cross between a wolf and a crocodile, but it sounds like an exaggeration

06:08 and is hard to believe.

06:10 We all know that such a mix is impossible.

06:16 They did some tests on the body at the university in Nicaragua, and the results didn't quite

06:20 deliver what they had expected.

06:23 The animal was a wild dog with mange.

06:26 Mange is an itchy skin disease that causes dogs to lose their hair.

06:30 It's also highly contagious.

06:32 When a dog has mange, their skin becomes scaly and wrinkled.

06:36 When they returned the body, the farmer noticed it wasn't his chupacabra.

06:41 Seven years later, another body was found in Texas.

06:46 Phyllis Cannon returned to her farm and noticed that some of her chickens had passed away.

06:51 All seemed to be anemic.

06:53 Later she saw coyote-looking creatures that didn't have any hair.

06:58 More of her animals were harmed, so she had to set up cameras on her farm.

07:02 But unfortunately, like always, she didn't manage to record anything.

07:07 Surprisingly, she got a call from a local farmer who had found the chupacabra hit by

07:12 a car.

07:13 Later, another body was found much closer to her farm.

07:18 She took some pictures of the animal and soon, those images were all over the internet.

07:24 Phyllis was curious and sent five DNA samples to five different universities.

07:29 The results didn't match any animal in the archives.

07:32 Researchers had no idea what it was, but it wasn't a dog.

07:37 Phyllis still has one animal in her freezer and a taxidermied specimen in her house.

07:45 There are many theories about the chupacabra.

07:48 Some claim that the animal is a genetically modified monkey that escaped the lab.

07:53 Others state that it's some mysterious, otherworldly creature.

07:57 The most consistent hypothesis is that the chupacabra is a mix between a Mexican wolf

08:02 and a coyote with mange.

08:04 Now, do you remember that Phyllis said that she had sent samples to five universities

08:09 and no match had been found?

08:11 Well, it turned out she hadn't been telling the truth.

08:14 At one university, they found that the animal was a mix between a coyote and a Mexican wolf

08:19 and that it had mange.

08:22 Animals with mange are weak and will likely try to hunt farm animals to survive.

08:26 People, when they see something they don't know, tend to exaggerate, which is why all

08:31 witnesses describe the animal differently.

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